Theories and Methods for Research on Informal Learning and Work: Towards Cross-Fertilization

Autor/in	Sawchuk, Peter H.
Titel	Theories and Methods for Research on Informal Learning and Work: Towards Cross-Fertilization
Quelle	In: Studies in Continuing Education, 30 (2008) 1, S.1-16 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0158-037X
Schlagwörter	Informal Education; Models; Adult Learning; Case Studies; Ethnography; Interviews; Learning Processes; Continuing Education; Labor Market; Adult Education; Literary Criticism; Research Methodology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Analogiemodell; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ethnografie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Learning process; Lernprozess; Weiterbildung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Literaturkritik; Research method; Forschungsmethode
Abstract	The topic of informal learning and work has quickly become a staple in contemporary work and adult learning research internationally. The narrow conceptualization of work is briefly challenged before the article turns to a review of the historical origins as well as contemporary theories and methods involved in researching informal learning and work. I review leading theoretical models by Livingstone, Eraut and Illeris, and summarize established methods in terms of case study, ethnographic and interview approaches, survey approaches and situated micro-analytic approaches. I argue that no single theoretical model or methodological approach has yet established dominance, and that these models and methods largely speak to distinctive, not wholly incompatible, features of the phenomena in question. I argue this suggests the potential for cross-fertilization of ideas is high. (Contains 3 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10